Gordon Lawry

Sunday

Aug 26, 2012 at 7:35 AM

MASHPEE — Gordon Lawry passed from this earth to meet his Lord on August 18th after a prolonged illness. He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Shirley Brown Lawry, his loving and devoted daughter, Heather of Mashpee, and his caring and loving son, Dr. Todd Lawry of San Francisco.

MASHPEE — Gordon Lawry passed from this earth to meet his Lord on August 18th after a prolonged illness. He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Shirley Brown Lawry, his loving and devoted daughter, Heather of Mashpee, and his caring and loving son, Dr. Todd Lawry of San Francisco.

He graduated from Gould Academy in Bethel, Maine, and Mass Maritime Academy. He was the son of Stanley and Ann Lawry of Melrose, Mass., and Friendship, Maine, where Gordon loved spending his summers. He often told stories of sailing his Friendship Sloop to the many islands sprinkling the coast and the characters he would meet. He was an officer on U.S. Lines and on several passenger and cargo ships. He served on the S.S. United States on her maiden voyage, when she became known as the fastest ship in the world, breaking the Queen Mary's record. He opened his first insurance office in Hyannis. After eighteen years running his own agency, he merged with Southeastern Insurance Agency. He later joined Rogers and Gray Insurance Company in Hyannis. He was a director of both the Cape Cod Insurance Agents Association and the Cape Cod Board of Realtors. While semi-retired, he worked with Frank Sullivan Real Estate in Osterville.

His enjoyment was spending time with his family and being very involved in the Osterville Baptist Church, where he served many years on the Board of Deacons & Trustees. Gordon also loved traveling with his wife and children sharing many wonderful memories. He was always reading his Bible, wanting to be a better man every day.

He was pre-deceased by his brother, Stanley of Glendora, CA. He is survived by his sister and brother-in-law, Eva and Alex Sutton of Bainbridge Island, WA, and his sister-in-law, Elaine Lawry of Glendora, CA. Surviving in-laws include: Beverly Brown LaFlamboy and her husband Wayne of Mashpee, Barbara Brown Ducharme of Sandwich, Gary and Irene Brown of Hyannis, cousin Patricia Harty of Osterville and her daughter Barbara Harty, who showed much love in many ways during this difficult time, and his devoted cousin, John Lawry and daughter Jane of Melrose, MA, in addition to many nieces and nephews.

His memorial service will be at the Osterville Baptist Church at 11 a.m. on Saturday, September 8, 2012.

Gordon has many friends and was greatly loved and admired for his kindness, warmth and empathetic manner with everyone. He also had a great dry sense of humor and always thought of others before himself, even into his final days. His sincere faith in God made him eternally optimistic, even when he was bed bound during his final year. Whenever you asked how he was doing, he would look up with his big blue eyes and say, "Just wonderful, and how are you today?" He told his wife and children every day how much he loved them — what are we going to do without him?

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